SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 6, 2007 -- Even though it is the single most
influential full-length investigation of Dashiell Hammett's novels,
"Hammett's Moral Vision" by George J. "Rhino" Thompson has never been
available in book form -- until now.
Dashiell Hammett was the best-selling creator of Sam Spade, "The Maltese
Falcon," and "The Thin Man." "Hammett's Moral Vision" was written in 1972,
and serialized in seven issues of The Armchair Detective magazine. It has
affected most subsequent analyses of Hammett's work, even though most
people could read "Hammett's Moral Vision" by digging up all seven
tough-to-find issues of The Armchair Detective, and only for collector's
prices of more than $100 per set.
English literary critic Julian Symons calls "Rhino" Thompson "one of the
most intelligent critics of Hammett's work."
Edgar Award-winner and Hammett biographer William F. Nolan writes that
"Hammett's Moral Vision" is "incredibly well done, beautifully researched,
and displaying tremendous insight into what made Hammett tick as a writer.
... [Thompson's] vision is timeless."
Now "Hammett's Moral Vision" is available as an affordable hardcover book.
It updates and expands George J. "Rhino" Thompson's analysis of "Red
Harvest," "The Dain Curse," "The Maltese Falcon," "The Glass Key," and "The
Thin Man," and adds a new introduction by Edgar Award-winning author
William F. Nolan.
About George J. "Rhino" Thompson
Writing a doctoral dissertation on Dashiell Hammett led George J. "Rhino"
Thompson, Ph.D., to change his career from university English teacher to
police officer. He became the author of the bestseller "Verbal Judo: The
Gentle Art of Persuasion" and the founder and president of the Verbal Judo
Institute. "Rhino" has been featured on network news on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN,
and Fox, and on the TV programs "48 Hours," "Inside Edition," and "In the
Line of Duty." He lives in upstate New York. His website is
www.verbaljudo.com.
About Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was one of the world's most popular and
influential writers. Famous as the best-selling creator of Sam Spade, "The
Maltese Falcon," and "The Thin Man," Hammett was also a Pinkerton's
detective, an advertising man, a soldier in the U.S. Army during both World
Wars, an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, and a political activist.
"Hammett's Moral Vision" by George J. "Rhino" Thompson
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Clothbound hardcover; 256 pages; 1 illustration, 12 photographs
$24.95 U.S./$31.95 Canada; ISBN 978-0-97-258983-3
Publisher: Vince Emery Productions, www.emerybooks.com
To purchase copies of the books for resale, please fax IPG at (312)
337-5985, call IPG at (800) 888-4741, or contact Ingram, Baker & Taylor, or
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